Cross breeding

[clutchnasty]

Hey guys, you know how you can cross breed ball pythons to different morphs. Is it possible for tarantulas to be cross bred?

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Hello
Would not advise or condone crossbreeding, Tarantulas who are crossbred are infertile as well. To answer your question yes, it can be done. Lets rather keep the genus's true, just my opinion.

 

[clutchnasty]

So its possible but the babies won't survive?

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

They will, but would be infertile. Mother nature sorts out, what we humans make a mess of.

 

[clutchnasty]

i was just wondering, I'm pretty sure my rose hair will be late snack if i try to mate it with my LP haha

 

[Scoolman]

Cross breeding is highly frowned upon in the tarantula hobby.

 

[Tongue Flicker]

But there are a lot of brachypelma crossbreeds throughout the world now. It is inevitable to some twisted minded keepers but should be avoided if possible

 

[clutchnasty]

Why not don't you guys want to have more types of tarantulas?

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Since its a Hybrid not a true genus, also it will be infertile how is that fair towards the Tarantula ? I do not think mother nature needs a hand, I think its done well on Her own for millions of years.

 

[Nada]

It doesn't work that way..
here's a link to previous discussion.
http://www.tarantulaforum.com/threads/hybridization-and-why-its-bad.1240/

 

[clutchnasty]

Oh, i didn't think it was that big of a deal. i was wrong

 

[Scoolman]

Why not don't you guys want to have more types of tarantulas?

There are already over 900 described species with plenty more to come. Is that not enough?

 

[clutchnasty]

Since when is anything enough for humans? Let me know when you answer that.

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Let me answer this way, never UNTILL THEY MESS UP. Then they want to pass the blame, there is a nice English saying Don't fix what's not broken.

 

[clutchnasty]

Okay, back to the topic. Since the offspring will be infertile. Is it possible for you to that step?

 

[Nada]

they will not neccesarily be infertile, but they won't produce anything visual. and in effect it makes everything worse. It's a pointless venture, that will just alienate a breeder in the eyes of responsible keepers.

 

[Scoolman]

Be very careful clutch, you are swimming in very dangerous waters. Like kenny said, continuing in this venture will only alienate you within the hobby.

 

[clutchnasty]

Its not like I will start mating them, I just wanted to know if it was possible. Im pretty sure it happen in the wild, but it seems you guys want to keep it the way god intended it to be...

 

[Ceratogyrus]

They will not be infertile by the way...

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

They will be if its not the same species, like a Brachypelma and say a lasiodora. Same species have been crossed and are fertile, for example a Brachypelma smithi and a Brachypelma Emilia. Outside the same specie/genus, they will not be fertile. Also, abnormalities are well documented when species are interbred meaning hybrids not my words but studies. So in the end, yes they can be interbred, they can be fertile but with possible bad results and also destroying a genus and fellow tarantula hobbyists trust.